The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of the AuthorJ.J. Woodward, 1835 - 442 pages |
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... feast rose satisfied , Thank'd heaven that he lived , and that he died . from possession of virtue , but the absence of vice , and that one of the most odious . As little can be added to his character , by as- serting that he was ...
... feast rose satisfied , Thank'd heaven that he lived , and that he died . from possession of virtue , but the absence of vice , and that one of the most odious . As little can be added to his character , by as- serting that he was ...
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... worthy kinsman ; ' faith you're mighty wise ! We , sirs , are fools ; and must resign the cause To heathenish authors , proverbs , and old saws . ' Bacchus himself , the nuptial feast to grace , ( JANUARY AND MAY . 81.
... worthy kinsman ; ' faith you're mighty wise ! We , sirs , are fools ; and must resign the cause To heathenish authors , proverbs , and old saws . ' Bacchus himself , the nuptial feast to grace , ( JANUARY AND MAY . 81.
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... feast to grace , ( So poets sing ) was present on the place : And lovely Venus , goddess of delight , Shook high her flaming torch in open sight . And danced around , and smiled on every knight : Pleased her best servant would his ...
... feast to grace , ( So poets sing ) was present on the place : And lovely Venus , goddess of delight , Shook high her flaming torch in open sight . And danced around , and smiled on every knight : Pleased her best servant would his ...
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... feast . ) And now , by chance , by fate , or furies led , From Bacchus ' consecrated caves he fled , Where the shrill cries of frantic matrons sound , And Pentheus ' blood enrich'd the rising ground . Then sees Cithæron towering o'er ...
... feast . ) And now , by chance , by fate , or furies led , From Bacchus ' consecrated caves he fled , Where the shrill cries of frantic matrons sound , And Pentheus ' blood enrich'd the rising ground . Then sees Cithæron towering o'er ...
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... feasts , and wake the fires . His train obey , while all the courts around With noisy care and various tumult ... feast to grace , Acestis calls , the guardian of his race , Who first their youth in arts of virtue train'd , And ...
... feasts , and wake the fires . His train obey , while all the courts around With noisy care and various tumult ... feast to grace , Acestis calls , the guardian of his race , Who first their youth in arts of virtue train'd , And ...
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Page 97 - AWAKE, my St. John ! leave all meaner things To low ambition and the pride of kings. Let us (since life can little more supply Than just to look about us, and to die) Expatiate free o'er all this scene of man ; A mighty maze ! but not without a plan...
Page 62 - The berries crackle, and the mill turns round; On shining altars of Japan they raise The silver lamp; the fiery spirits blaze: From silver spouts the grateful liquors glide, While China's earth receives the smoking tide: At once they gratify their scent and taste, And frequent cups prolong the rich repast.
Page 56 - Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, The sound must seem an echo to the sense. Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, • The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Page 66 - To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart, To make mankind, in conscious virtue bold, Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold...
Page 118 - His gardens next your admiration call; On every side you look, behold the wall! No pleasing intricacies intervene, No artful wildness to perplex the scene ; Grove nods at grove, each alley has a brother, And half the platform just reflects the other.
Page 56 - Though oft the ear the open vowels tire; While expletives their feeble aid do join; And ten low words oft creep in one dull line: While they ring round the same unvaried chimes With sure returns of still expected rhymes: Where'er you find "the cooling western breeze...
Page 107 - The only point where human bliss stands still, And tastes the good without the fall to ill ; Where only merit constant pay receives...
Page 108 - Let not this weak, unknowing hand Presume thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land On each I judge thy foe.
Page 122 - Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys: So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way.
Page 100 - Created half to rise, and half to fall ; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all ; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurl'd: The glory, jest, and riddle of the world...